Ghost Of Yotei Won't Come To Steam As Sony Pulls Plug On PC

"According to Bloomberg, this pullback on PC ports will apply to Housemarque's upcoming sci-fi action shooter as well. The studio's last game, Returnal, came to PS5 in 2021 and released on Steam two years later. It got good reviews but apparently didn't sell well enough to justify the sacrifice of any PS5 console sales that may have potentially been cannibalized in the process."

"Spider-Man 2 made the jump from PS5 to Steam in record time but with little fanfare or marketing and appeared to sell poorly as a result. As we covered over the weekend, Sony's new calculus may be that it's better to have a smaller group of PC players actually buy a PS5 than just sell a few hundred thousand extra copies of games like God of War."

"The new strategy, just like the old one, is subject to change depending on how the gaming marketplace evolves over the next few years, but it sounds like for the time being players shouldn't expect future first-party Sony blockbusters like Insomniac Games' Marvel's Wolverine and Naughty Dog's Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet to appear on PC."

Sony is reversing its multi-year strategy of bringing PlayStation 5 exclusive games to PC. Single-player blockbusters like Ghost of Yotei and upcoming titles from Housemarque will remain console-exclusive, while multiplayer games like Marathon continue releasing on Steam. The decision stems from poor PC sales performance of titles like Returnal and Spider-Man 2, which failed to justify potential lost PS5 console sales. First-party games from studios like Insomniac Games and Naughty Dog are unlikely to reach PC in the near future. This strategy contrasts sharply with Microsoft's approach of releasing games across multiple platforms, including PlayStation.

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